Category Archives: Holiday Cookies

ShareTweet Long before the snow starts falling, when my toes are brightly manicured and my legs are still tanned, I start clipping recipes for holiday cookie inspiration. They sit neatly organized in red and green files on my desk, and that’s where they usually remain, untouched and unloved. Once the holiday madness hits, who’s got… Continue Reading

ShareTweet Are you planning on hosting a Christmas party this year? If the prospect seems a little daunting from an expense or effort point of view, consider hosting a progressive party with your neighbors. My latest post is up at Snackpicks, and it’s filled with holiday ideas, easy recipes and valuable advice on hosting progressive… Continue Reading

ShareTweet This December, over 600 bloggers took part across the world in the first annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. And today is the big reveal day. We’ve definitely done our part to revive the ailing US post office with all the packages flying around the country in the last week! So without further ado,… Continue Reading

ShareTweet I love cookie exchanges. Love everything about them. The planning, the cooking, the opportunity to show off, the eating, the sugar coma, and, most of all, the end result: the addition of vetted, delicious new recipes to my Christmas cookie repertoire. Cookie exchanges are a great time to experiment and test out what cookies… Continue Reading

ShareTweet > On Friday, I shared my Oreo Truffles recipe. Dark, moist, and decadent, these little balls of indulgence will keep you going throughout the holidays. I keep a constant supply in my fridge and pop one in my mouth every time I walk through the kitchen. Didn’t you hear that there is no calorie… Continue Reading

ShareTweet Do you remember the first time you bit into a truffle as a child? Those perfect little balls dusted with golden cocoa in their fancy gift boxes just looked so irresistible. Each time the soft chocolate yielded to my baby teeth, my taste buds were assaulted by the intense flavor of pure cocoa,… Continue Reading

ShareTweet > I was ten years old when I tasted my first Rice Krispie Treat. It was Kathy Duffy, our favorite babysitter, who taught me how to make them one winter evening. Kathy was a rockstar babysitter, the type my sisters and I waited for in our pajamas eagerly by the door, wondering what new… Continue Reading

ShareTweet >Chefdruck’s Tasty Tuesday I’m headed out to a cookie exchange pajama party tonight. Although I still haven’t decided what, if any, pajamas I’ll wear. I turned 35 this summer. Doesn’t that make me a little old to wear PJs? But then what if I’m the odd man out? I guess I’ll never be too… Continue Reading

I’m Vanessa

Chefdruck: French. Foodie. Mom.
Short order chef in my home kitchen.
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